Shoe-fastening.



No. 796,258. "s PATENTED AUG. 1, 1905'.

.R. s. SCOTT. I

SHOE FASTENING.

APPLIUATION FILED JULY 2. 1994.

UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE. ROSSITER S. SCOTT, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND;

SHOE-FASTENING.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application filed July 2, 1904 Serial No. 215,087-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RossITER S. ScoTT, of the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements in Shoe- Fastenings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved fastening for a shoe in which the upper. thereof is divided into two sections which are primarily disconnected except where they unite near the sole at the sides of the shoe and in which the front section of the upper overlaps the rear section, so as to present no apparent openings between the said parts.

Thesaidinvention consists of a peculiar combination of straps, eyes, and a buckle whereby in the fastening operation the normal overlap is increased, the part of the upper above the instep'drawn toward a point on the rear section immediately above the heel, and the said point brought closely against the portion of the foot immediately above the heel, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which Figures 1 and 2 are reverse exterior side views of a shoe of the above-described type provided with the improved fastening devices. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the same.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 and 2 are respectively the front and the rear sections of the shoe-upper. The edges a of the front section 1 overlap the edges 6 of the rear section 2.

3 and 4 are eyes secured to the edges a of the section 1, and 5 and 7 straps fastened to the section 2 at points in the rear of the eyes 3 and 4:. The strap 7, which is passed through the eye 4., has a buckle 9 at its end, and the end of the strip 5 which is passed through the eye 3 is perforated in order that it may be united with the said buckle in the act of fastening the shoe.

The fastening operation consists in crossing the straps 5 and 7 at a point on the rear section 2 of the upper which is directly over the heel of the foot and, after drawing the said straps tightly, in buckling their ends together.

It will be seen that in crossing the straps as described and drawing them tightly the hind part of the shoe-upper is pressed down and closely in contact with the part of the foot immediately over the heel, and so prevents the lifting of the heel in the shoe in walking, which is the chief cause of blistered heels, and that in continuing the straps around in the directions which they naturally take the straps pass over and bear on the leg at or above the ankle where a considerable tension is not inconvenient or objectionable.

I claim as my 1nvent1on 1. In a shoe an upper formed of two separable sections, viz., a front and a rear sec tion, the front section provided with eyes and the rear section with straps, which straps are passed through the said eyes, and adapted to be crossed at the rear of the shoe and brought forward, and their ends secured together.

2. In a shoe an upper formed of two separable sections, viz., a front and a rear section, the former overlapping the latter, the front section provided with eyes, and the rear section with straps, which straps are passed through the eyes and adapted to be crossed over the heel portion of the shoe, and one of the said straps carried over the part of the shoe above the instep and buckled to the other strap.

ROSSITER s. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

WM. T. HOWARD, ALFRED G. GOODRIQK. 

